TimB

Coldest August morning in 38 years. Could do it again Saturday morning.

Be interesting to see how cold we get on some of the colder nights in this pattern (tonight and/or Friday night in particular). The last time we got to 48 in August was 2014, the last time we got to 47 was 2013 and the last time we got to 46 was 1987. The lower end of that range is probably out of reach tonight, but could be in play Friday night. No records are likely in play, and in fact we have yet to set a record daily high or low in August this century.

I find them funny.

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Although many of us saw rain today, PIT has so far seen just a trace. This ends the streak of completely rain-free days on the official record, but honestly I’m not sure measurable rain at the airport is anywhere near a sure bet this evening.

Agree to disagree. Enjoy your “step down” pattern!

But yet you think @ChescoWxhas established credibility? LOL

On that note, we make it through the weekend without a drop of rain recorded at PIT, it will be the first time in the entire threaded record that there hasn’t been at least a trace of rain for the first 10 days of August.

2nd warmest summer to date at the airport site (1953-present), behind last year. 1995 had a very warm August, however, and is the warmest summer on record at PIT. We’d need to average close to 77 the rest of the way to get there. Not impossible. Top 5 seems clinched.

All of those are up by a statistically significant margin.

Today is the last day that the normal high at PIT is at its maximum of 83. Tomorrow it drops to 82. Of course, we’ll be well above that for much of the next week or two.

Wait, you live on Long Island?

To add to the above, this July has featured 15 days with lows of 70 or above. The previous most at the airport site was 11 in 2020.

Another note on the warmth: today will be the 22nd day with a low of 70 or above. That is the most ever through the end of July, 12th most in an entire summer, and the most in an entire summer at the airport site with still the entirety of August to go. All of the other years with this many 70+ lows occurred with observations taken downtown.

With PIT officially dropping to 58 this morning, we avoid tying the record at the airport site for warmest July minimum, which was 59 in 1955. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming of heat, humidity and eventually daily rain chances for the weekend.